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so that's 60% of the deficit right there. so this stuff about cutting taxes and that's going to stimulate the economy, this is supply side economics. >> it is. >> very much -- >> and it worked in the '80s under reagan and the '90s under bill clinton. >> reagan ran enormous deficits and clinton surplus. >> bill clinton cut spending with newt gingrich. not tax rates. never. >> the tax increases have happened. the tax increases have happened. that part of the balance is there. now it is time to look at the other side which is spending cuts and entitlement reform. that's what hasn't come yet. >> i have to get out. thanks very much. appreciate it. you're both great. so are house republicans prepared to put up a spending cut fight with the president some let's get t? let's get the gop perspective. mr. roscom, what is your response to president obama's rift today? >> well, look, this is president obama's sequester to pay for the old ket credebt ceiling deal. that being said, the president also in december last time you and i talked
so that's 60% of the deficit right there. so this stuff about cutting taxes and that's going to stimulate the economy, this is supply side economics. >> it is. >> very much -- >> and it worked in the '80s under reagan and the '90s under bill clinton. >> reagan ran enormous deficits and clinton surplus. >> bill clinton cut spending with newt gingrich. not tax rates. never. >> the tax increases have happened. the tax increases have happened. that part of the...
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they're among the leaders the obama administration is turning to for advice on everything from the deficit to taxes to the broader economy. >>> then, after we talk to them, they're going to paint a picture for us, we're going to turn to two powerful investors for insight into what the conversation in washington means for the broader markets. cowen and company ceo jeff solomon will join us, and the bond king, bill gross. first, steve will bring us up to speed on the morning's top stories. steve? >> thank you, michelle. disney posting better than expected earnings and revenues after the bell. the company says it expects the next few quarters to be better on a stronger lineup of films and growing attendance at its theme parks. ceo bob iegory was on cnbc's "closing bell." >> you had a lot of ins and outs. basically, the trendser good. we had strong results at our domestic parks. the bookings have been pretty solid. advertising was okay. and generally speaking, our business performed well. and our interactive media group was profitable for the quarter. that's the first time the group has been p
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. >>> when thele toings who are responsible for solving our debt deficit issues are the same ones against cost-cutting at the post office, it means we're in pretty deep trouble. we'll talk about it next. stay with us. ak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ] send the aflac duck a get-well card at getwellduck.com. riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. >>> and final
. >>> when thele toings who are responsible for solving our debt deficit issues are the same ones against cost-cutting at the post office, it means we're in pretty deep trouble. we'll talk about it next. stay with us. ak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell...
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and tell him we love him. >> we had also seen reports that he may have asperger's or also attention deficit disorder, that he may have had a couple challenges like that. did you ever see anything like that? do you think -- how will that impact him here as he starts down this path of healing? >> well, i honestly believe that ethan will probably -- it's a shame that this had to happen but for any child that i believe will bounce back better than any child i know of, would be ethan. he meets no strangers and i just feel confident he's going to bounce back and we hope to have him in school as quickly as possible. >> so special that you say that. i want to ask you a little about his mother. you just heard me share the statement that she released to the media which was so eloquent and gracious. she also, according to a state senator, said this when the fbi, they were debating whether to go in and kill jimmy lee dykes earlier. she was the one, according to the state senator who said she put her hand on the officer's heart and said sir, don't hurt him, he's sick. smith told that today to abc news.
and tell him we love him. >> we had also seen reports that he may have asperger's or also attention deficit disorder, that he may have had a couple challenges like that. did you ever see anything like that? do you think -- how will that impact him here as he starts down this path of healing? >> well, i honestly believe that ethan will probably -- it's a shame that this had to happen but for any child that i believe will bounce back better than any child i know of, would be ethan. he...
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of 34 former players studied, 20 are were found to be normal, the other 14 diagnosed with cognitive deficits. >>> take a look at these amazing shots. canadian astronaut chris hatfield snapped these breath taking pictures of earth from the international space station. that is 250 miles above the planet's surface. since he had no direct internet connection, he's been sending the images through nasa to his son and evan then posts themselves online for his dad's twitter followers and space fans. >> you just don't get enough bars on the space station for the internet. >> i love the collaboration with his son. very cool. thank you. >>> 18 after the hour. we're getting an early read on your local news making national headlines and we'll start with this from colorado's reporter herald. 7-year-old alex says he can't believe he was dispended. his mother says he was actually suspended for trying to save the world from evil. the principal told her that alex threw a fake grenade during recess. she says he didn't have anything in his hands. he made no threats. he was simply using his imagination. the scho
of 34 former players studied, 20 are were found to be normal, the other 14 diagnosed with cognitive deficits. >>> take a look at these amazing shots. canadian astronaut chris hatfield snapped these breath taking pictures of earth from the international space station. that is 250 miles above the planet's surface. since he had no direct internet connection, he's been sending the images through nasa to his son and evan then posts themselves online for his dad's twitter followers and space...
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so, yes, reduce the deficit. but let's do it in a sensible way and the president has the prerogative of getting to put forward his budget the w he would like to present it to congress and then congress can do its work however it wants. and with that i yield to my friend and colleague from maryland and someone who has been very focused on reducing our deficits in a responsible way, mr. hoyer. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. may i remind my colleagues, i appreciate the honor, but i'm only a chairman today. the gentleman is rognized. mr. hoyer: we wish you the best for the future. the chair: thank you. mr. van hollen, may i ask for how long he was recognized? mr. van hollen: i yield four minutes. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. price of georgia said what the american people want. what the american people don't want is games. this is a game. this is a sham. this is a shame. what the american people want is honest legislatio
so, yes, reduce the deficit. but let's do it in a sensible way and the president has the prerogative of getting to put forward his budget the w he would like to present it to congress and then congress can do its work however it wants. and with that i yield to my friend and colleague from maryland and someone who has been very focused on reducing our deficits in a responsible way, mr. hoyer. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. may i remind my colleagues, i appreciate the...
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year per taxpayer to cover our existing deficit. the total tab for the past four years of $1 trillion each year would be about $27,500 a year. back in the sixth district of indiana where i come from, that is a lot of money. i think we it owe it to the taxpayers know what we're doing here in washington. i yield -- i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. van hollen: thank you, madam chairman. i ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition even though i am not. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam chairman. i think it's very useful to let everybody in the country know exactly what the debt and deficit will be on a per capita basis. we in congress can of course do the math. i think it's no problem asking the president to run that calculation as well. again, i want to emphasize the fact there is agreement on reducing the deficit. the real differences here are over how we do
year per taxpayer to cover our existing deficit. the total tab for the past four years of $1 trillion each year would be about $27,500 a year. back in the sixth district of indiana where i come from, that is a lot of money. i think we it owe it to the taxpayers know what we're doing here in washington. i yield -- i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. van hollen: thank...
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our deficits are financed by treasury bonds. most of which are being purchased by the fed with newly created money. this drives up the price of bonds and keeps interest rates artificially low, seniors on fixed incomes who have saved their whole lives now cannot make a fair market on their interest for their savings. in addition to squeezing the incomes of our seniors, creating money to fund deficits also drives up prices which has a disproportionate adverse effect on seniors, on the poor, and on middle income families. creating money out of thin air to fund the president's spending must stop. the first step is to stop the reckless spending by having the president present a plan to balance the budget. this is a simple request with no reasonable excuse for opposition. i support h.r. 444, the require plan act, to protect our seniors, the poor, and middle income families. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: madam chairman, again we have heard a number of the
our deficits are financed by treasury bonds. most of which are being purchased by the fed with newly created money. this drives up the price of bonds and keeps interest rates artificially low, seniors on fixed incomes who have saved their whole lives now cannot make a fair market on their interest for their savings. in addition to squeezing the incomes of our seniors, creating money to fund deficits also drives up prices which has a disproportionate adverse effect on seniors, on the poor, and...
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we all want to fix the deficit problem. there's no question. but i think when they have a chance to look at this bill and understand what we're really facing, i don't think we're going to have a problem there. >> sir, how is this different from the proposal of a year ago? >> did we have the pay freeze? [laughter] >> it's different. obviously we had two different versions. the house as i understood it had the attrition of the work force that's in this component. in the senate last time we had a combination of -- instead of for every three positions that came open, only filling one. we had two and a combination of overall pay freeze across the federal government, for over a year. this is different. it combines both so we're on the same page. and we have the house proposal on the attrition and we've also added congressional pay freeze on it instead of the entire civilian work force. >> what makes you think that this time around, that speaker boehner's going to take up this proposal? >> i >> i would defer to others here and the chairman but there's
we all want to fix the deficit problem. there's no question. but i think when they have a chance to look at this bill and understand what we're really facing, i don't think we're going to have a problem there. >> sir, how is this different from the proposal of a year ago? >> did we have the pay freeze? [laughter] >> it's different. obviously we had two different versions. the house as i understood it had the attrition of the work force that's in this component. in the senate...
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it reduces deficit even though it increases government health spending and reduces the deficit because it's got tax increases that are bigger than the increases in spending response to the extent that our medium and long-term problem is driven by demographic and the growth on health care spend withing the law has made the second of those worse. >> i think that is not , i mean, you're absolutely right. there's no question that we expanded -- coverage to mills of americans. i think 23 million people that have health insurance that didn't have it before. it's not free. it comes at the cost. everyone understood it came as a cost. it was paid for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government health care spending. it was not all on the revenue side. the other thing that is important for the congressional budget office said it reduced the it in the first decade, which is what they look at if you look in the the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit even more. i think they were in fact giving credit and thinking it would slow the growth rates of some of the health care spe
it reduces deficit even though it increases government health spending and reduces the deficit because it's got tax increases that are bigger than the increases in spending response to the extent that our medium and long-term problem is driven by demographic and the growth on health care spend withing the law has made the second of those worse. >> i think that is not , i mean, you're absolutely right. there's no question that we expanded -- coverage to mills of americans. i think 23...
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assorted measures only in greece are deficit problem while creating jobs will help bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on teaching net programs, increasing taxpayers in every debt to gdp ratio. job loss under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. as the american public that's what they mean by cats. we need to create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizes goals in the first to create one in 300,000 jobs. these ideas they offered a bill in 2011 and were ultimately included in the american jobs that come which never even got a vote in the house. modernizing schools and the probing of the structure from which the balancing act we do other jobs or communities need and those are the shops are economy needs. the legislation pays for investments by including smart military cut the number for the discussion, really no discussion we'll streamliner military to meet 21st century threats. raising revenue from those who can afford to pay more, making targeted military cut, not a little at first restorer the balance deficit r
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austerity measures that cost jobs that only increase our deficit problem will bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on safety net programs, taxpayers, improving debt to gdp ratio. job losses under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. ask the american public that is what they really mean by cuts. rain to stop those cuts and instead create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizing schools and efforts that would create more than 300,000 jobs. sent to . the balancing act include some of these ideas. ultimately included in the president's american jobs act, which never even got a vote in the house. teaching, modernizing schools and rebuilding our transportation and the structure while -- with the balancing act would do, those are the jobs that our communities need, and those are the jobs our economy needs to our legislation pays for those investments but including smart military cuts and the sequestration across-the-board cuts allowing for a little discretion. no discretion. our alternative would cut waste and to r
austerity measures that cost jobs that only increase our deficit problem will bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on safety net programs, taxpayers, improving debt to gdp ratio. job losses under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. ask the american public that is what they really mean by cuts. rain to stop those cuts and instead create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizing schools and efforts that would create more...
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the deficit is down 25%. there are a million extra private sector jobs and we are cleaning up made by the party opposite. >> [inaudible] building a new hospital in which local hospital services were decimated. can i, too, say -- [inaudible] >> i think on this day particularly when we are about to discuss what happened at the hospital, i think it is a day to talk about the importance of care and their health care service, the importance of the frontline, and importance above all of are looking at quality and listening to patients. so under this government of course resources have been constrained for all the reasons we discussed across, weekend we got but we did make a conscious choice to put more money into the nhs and to get that to the frontline. that is why there are 5900 more doctors and there are 19,000 fewer nonclinical staff. the money is going into the frontline but the focus needs to be on the quality and the patients. >> can ask the prime minister if he shares this parties concerned, and -- will he
the deficit is down 25%. there are a million extra private sector jobs and we are cleaning up made by the party opposite. >> [inaudible] building a new hospital in which local hospital services were decimated. can i, too, say -- [inaudible] >> i think on this day particularly when we are about to discuss what happened at the hospital, i think it is a day to talk about the importance of care and their health care service, the importance of the frontline, and importance above all of...
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slow as it is and the deficit issues that face our kids and grandkids. a lot of lip service is paid to dealing with the middle class. i get concerned we're talking about just us. what about our kids? what about the middle class of the future? what life will they have? to me it is -- i campaigned on a suicide mission to reform reform. and dre and do tax every meeting, i would talk about those things and those things ony. -- only. i am still here. >> in answer to that question, i was in a meeting in september of home.t mark warner's alan greenspan was there. do aid, why don't you something big on this fiscal challenge? are you going to do it before or after the bond market crashes and it will crash. he was not known for hyperbole. it struck me that the former chair of the federal reserve was saying you're facing an impending crisis and you are going to need to deal with it. are you going to deal with it before it hits or after? the answer is -- i want to deal with the problem before it becomes a crisis. we need to build trust necessary to find the solution
slow as it is and the deficit issues that face our kids and grandkids. a lot of lip service is paid to dealing with the middle class. i get concerned we're talking about just us. what about our kids? what about the middle class of the future? what life will they have? to me it is -- i campaigned on a suicide mission to reform reform. and dre and do tax every meeting, i would talk about those things and those things ony. -- only. i am still here. >> in answer to that question, i was in a...
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not only have they failed to come together around a big plan to reduce the deficit. they have also failed in their basic responsibility to pass appropriations bills. how we fund the government each year. we are operating today, continuing resolution on appropriations, because they failed to pass appropriations bills. the last time that congress passed all the appropriations bills and timeless 1994. it was in 1994. that is a basic responsibility. to be able to fund the government. my fear is that there is a dangerous and callous attitude that is developing among some republicans and some democrats. that these danhat these dangeroe allowed to take place in order to blame the other party or the consequences. this is a kind of so what attitude. it says let's see how bad it can get. in order to have the other party blink. i have seen that attitude before. it was the same attitude that led to a government shutdown in 1995. the same attitude. the other side will blink. even though it will hurt people. even if it's going to hurt our citizens or our security. this is a good w
not only have they failed to come together around a big plan to reduce the deficit. they have also failed in their basic responsibility to pass appropriations bills. how we fund the government each year. we are operating today, continuing resolution on appropriations, because they failed to pass appropriations bills. the last time that congress passed all the appropriations bills and timeless 1994. it was in 1994. that is a basic responsibility. to be able to fund the government. my fear is...
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we all want to fix the deficit problem. there is no question about it. but i think when they look at this bill and understand what we are really facing, i do not believe that we will have a problem there. >> [inaudible question] [talking over each other] >> it is different great obviously, we have two different versions. the house has this attrition of the workforce that has been the component and we had a combination for every new positions, we had one and then two, and we can bind both so we are on the same page. the house proposal on the attrition and we have also added congressional papers on it as well for the civilian workforce. >> [inaudible question] >> i would certainly defer to others here and the chairman. there is a real urgency here. one of the reasons that the president and his administration during his campaign, they didn't actually want the law that requires you to notify workers that they may be laid off, essentially the department of labor says the defense employers didn't have to comply with that law, it's because they knew that once t
we all want to fix the deficit problem. there is no question about it. but i think when they look at this bill and understand what we are really facing, i do not believe that we will have a problem there. >> [inaudible question] [talking over each other] >> it is different great obviously, we have two different versions. the house has this attrition of the workforce that has been the component and we had a combination for every new positions, we had one and then two, and we can bind...
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so the people can understand that you have an objective in mind you are objective is to get the deficit below 20% by 2015. we are on track for that. we need to pay overtime allowances for agency workers and so on on new year's. the congress and the u.s. government operate differently than government here. the strategy with enough time to achieve that. there is a constant explanation to people as to how you intend to get the. we need european support. in that sense, the united states is such a huge country. with such potential. i believe that i think the united states also needs to look at the global positioning because of the impact on the world economy. >> thank you very much. i'm sorry that we are going to have to draw this to a close. i was hoping that the irish prime minister with a a message saying that if you could only get your act together and cure these problems, it would be so much better for europe and the world. but you are way too much of a diplomat for that. [laughter] >> thank you very much. i'm sorry we cannot take more questions. it's been a fascinating session. please
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on the deficit. then they caved, once they came back. right? on the budget and extended things again. isn't it likely no matter their bluff, they are going to cave on the sequester as well? >> we will see what happens. on top republicans are set to unveil their package with sec wrestration and they are likely to introduce a plan to pay for a year's worth of sequester cuts, a year reduction in the federal work force through attrition, not people losing their jobs but that's what they are set to unveil. >> that's kelly ayott, the chair of the house armed services committee and reveal an alternate plan and say what president obama suggested is dead on arrival in the house, not going to make it through congress >> bill: but they will come up with their own plan? >> they will later this afternoon. >> juan aa summers reporter for politico pro the paid addition? >> we are behind the pay wall but i pop up on the main site to cause trouble. >> defense related issues chuck hagel's nomination sequester, 866-55-press, i want to ask you one question and com
on the deficit. then they caved, once they came back. right? on the budget and extended things again. isn't it likely no matter their bluff, they are going to cave on the sequester as well? >> we will see what happens. on top republicans are set to unveil their package with sec wrestration and they are likely to introduce a plan to pay for a year's worth of sequester cuts, a year reduction in the federal work force through attrition, not people losing their jobs but that's what they are...
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the first of less than $1 trillion annual deficits continue to shrink when they begin increasing deficits but in the next 10 years they will add almost $7 trillion to the national debt and 76 trillion by 20203. the national debt compared to the economy stabilizes and climbs much higher in the future. the director of the cbo says the primary culprit is health care spending. >> we still see substantial growth of health care spending over the 10 years and beyond. because of the number of people who will be eligible for medicare will be rising sharply. gerri: they expect gdp to rise this year and next year an average of 3.6% after that and then slowing. cbo expects unemployment average 8% this year and seven points six% next year that is the first time that has happened in 70 years. with the recent tax increases and spending cuts the cbo says it will cost 1.2 5% percentage points of gdp but with deficits reduce it boost growth and employment in the future. gerri: while the cbo war and gas the president tried to put the squeeze on congress to pass small spending cuts and pass more tax hikes. w
the first of less than $1 trillion annual deficits continue to shrink when they begin increasing deficits but in the next 10 years they will add almost $7 trillion to the national debt and 76 trillion by 20203. the national debt compared to the economy stabilizes and climbs much higher in the future. the director of the cbo says the primary culprit is health care spending. >> we still see substantial growth of health care spending over the 10 years and beyond. because of the number of...
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reducing the deficit through immigration reform. how did it work? president obama held meetings today with top ceos and labor leaders. we have all the latest details. >>> plus the justice department body slammed standard & poor's alleging it defrauded investors over mortgage securities rating. is s&p cooked? john eagan, ceo of eagan jones rating company joins us exclusively to react. >>> the entire electronic industry could be turned upside down. foxconn workers in china will get the first free union vote. these guys produced 40% of the world's electronics. will this push up the price of your smartphone? you might want to embrace for impact. even when they say it's not it is always about money melissa: first let's take a look at today's market moments. stocks recovered after the worst day of the year. solid u.s. and european economic data helped put the bulls back on the track. the dow briefly climbed back above the 14,000 mark and pared session highs closing up 99 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 each gained more than 1%. >>> starting off tonight with pr
reducing the deficit through immigration reform. how did it work? president obama held meetings today with top ceos and labor leaders. we have all the latest details. >>> plus the justice department body slammed standard & poor's alleging it defrauded investors over mortgage securities rating. is s&p cooked? john eagan, ceo of eagan jones rating company joins us exclusively to react. >>> the entire electronic industry could be turned upside down. foxconn workers in...
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if we cut the deficit we see a major bump 10 years, down the road. look at that even though the economy will take a hit in the short term. when it comes to the deficit, shouldn't we focus on the long game here i'm wondering? here with more is former director of the congressional budget office, douglas holtz-eakin. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. melissa: i was so excited the cbo finally went out and quantified this and tried to illustrate it to people. anytime you try to make the case we should cut spending short term to help our children down the road or ourselves depending how long you are, people poo-poo that is not like real math s that real math we saw on the bar charts? >> that is real math and the second example of that real math is what the cbo put out which says, suppose you do nothing? well, then we have a fault turf bad growth. their long-term growth rate for the u.s. has been marked down from 2 1/2% a year ago to 2.2%. and that's testimony to a staggering debt burden this economy is bearing. whether you look at it as the bad
if we cut the deficit we see a major bump 10 years, down the road. look at that even though the economy will take a hit in the short term. when it comes to the deficit, shouldn't we focus on the long game here i'm wondering? here with more is former director of the congressional budget office, douglas holtz-eakin. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. melissa: i was so excited the cbo finally went out and quantified this and tried to illustrate it to people. anytime you try to make...
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the numbers today are living short of terrific. $7 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. is coming after we raise 600 billion in taxes. what does the president say? well, let's not do the spending cuts, which we are counting on to keep it down to 7 trillion. instead to raise taxes, which we already proven does not solve the problem. you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to like it that seriously. lou: and to look at you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to put this in context of the history of this president and fiscal issues. does not pose for the budget. the senate has not passed one commend the president of the united states said this back in 2011. november 41st. already, he said, some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts, much like he did today at 115 eastern time. my message to them back in 2011, no, i will be there through any effort to get rid of automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending said the break president at that point. your reaction? >> that was president obama circa 2011. candid obama in a debate set s
the numbers today are living short of terrific. $7 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. is coming after we raise 600 billion in taxes. what does the president say? well, let's not do the spending cuts, which we are counting on to keep it down to 7 trillion. instead to raise taxes, which we already proven does not solve the problem. you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to like it that seriously. lou: and to look at you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to put this in...
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as the president talks up, how to reduce the deficit and avoid spending cuts. we're learning the budget deficit will top $845 billion this fiscal year even with massive tax hikes and assuming the spending cuts do kick in. congressman tom price pushing the president to balance the budget and says this new report is proof we can't do that by hiking taxes. what about that? we're still going to be deep into the red. >> good to be with you. the president has put forward for different budgets, none of which have ever come to balance. the house republicans have acted responsibly, our budget is yet to balance, so what we will do is put together a budget that balances in a ten-year time. all it does tomorrow it says to the president tell us when you'ryourbudget balances. it is important to do that because we have our principled solutions with the program. liz: used a dozen state when the budget would be balanced, is that it? >> we have had to end dollars deficit of the past four years in the past for budgets by this president have never come into balance ever in the 75
as the president talks up, how to reduce the deficit and avoid spending cuts. we're learning the budget deficit will top $845 billion this fiscal year even with massive tax hikes and assuming the spending cuts do kick in. congressman tom price pushing the president to balance the budget and says this new report is proof we can't do that by hiking taxes. what about that? we're still going to be deep into the red. >> good to be with you. the president has put forward for different budgets,...
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the deficit. this year it will be below a trillion dollars, that's what the pundits focused on and ignored the grim reality. in fact, our debt is headed toward the worst levels in post war america. worst, the economy will show a masly 1.4% growth. unemployment rise to 8%, stay at very high levels for years, and 7 million people will lose their health care coverage under obamacare. that came within hours of president obama's call for more tax increases on the rich and put off spending cuts. tax and spend, it lives on and so does our massive debt. reality check, "varney & company" is about to begin. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your imptant legal matters in just minutes. protect youramily... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >> first up this wednesday morning, gas prices, yes, they are still on the rise. national average for regular up more than a penny, now at 3.54. just in the past month the price of gas spiked about 25 cents a ga
the deficit. this year it will be below a trillion dollars, that's what the pundits focused on and ignored the grim reality. in fact, our debt is headed toward the worst levels in post war america. worst, the economy will show a masly 1.4% growth. unemployment rise to 8%, stay at very high levels for years, and 7 million people will lose their health care coverage under obamacare. that came within hours of president obama's call for more tax increases on the rich and put off spending cuts. tax...
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i think that everybody recognizes we have to reduce the deficit. the deficit is out of control. the only reason we've been able to sustain this level of deficit is because the fed prints money and buys 70%-75% of the country's debt. that can't continue. if you're going to address the issues -- you know, this peace meal, kicking the can down the road, a couple more months, a couple more months, people are sick of that. address entitlements. they are 60% of the budget. the president needs to lead on this with a budget with rational proposals, something to at least get a democrat to vote for it. the budgets so far don't get democrats on republicans' votes. we have to deal with the real problem here which is that we spend a whole lot more money than we bring in with 60% going to entitlements that do not survive if not revised. cheryl: you're a business owner, ran cko, close to insolvency, and you brought the company back. you know what you are talking about. how do you get job creation? more jobs in the country, more tax revenue coming into the government. it seems that whether it's
i think that everybody recognizes we have to reduce the deficit. the deficit is out of control. the only reason we've been able to sustain this level of deficit is because the fed prints money and buys 70%-75% of the country's debt. that can't continue. if you're going to address the issues -- you know, this peace meal, kicking the can down the road, a couple more months, a couple more months, people are sick of that. address entitlements. they are 60% of the budget. the president needs to lead...
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lori: you look at our ballooning national debt in the battle over the current deficit. what is the best outcome? >> that would be for the federal government to reduce spending. that is just all there is to it. lori: where exactly? i have to interrupt you, we are not getting enough detail as to where those tough cuts should come. >> i think they should come from everything. we definitely have to have some entitlement reform. you are seeing an explosion in expenditures in all areas of government. it will have to be trimmed back. one of the things we will be doing is finding those areas in our respective jurisdictions. lori: how do you think about the meat cleaver, if you will, regarding the cuts? >> well, it will happen unless the president wants to come to talk to us about meaningful cuts. the house has passed two bills now. this president is basically says no and does not want to talk to us. he needs to come talk to us. otherwise, it will happen and it will be very tough on a lot of different areas. lori: one silver lining in this national small business association, or
lori: you look at our ballooning national debt in the battle over the current deficit. what is the best outcome? >> that would be for the federal government to reduce spending. that is just all there is to it. lori: where exactly? i have to interrupt you, we are not getting enough detail as to where those tough cuts should come. >> i think they should come from everything. we definitely have to have some entitlement reform. you are seeing an explosion in expenditures in all areas of...
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that could happen sooner to depending on what happens to interest rates in the deficits. we are getting to that point. the difference in terms of real pain now in interest among we will be paying and is more than our entire defense budget which is a pretty big deal. gerri: here is another number that blew me away. 7 million people, 7 million people will lose their employer sponsored health care. you see how this happens because ultimately that penalty that you paid as an employer is less than what you would pay for full coverage. the smart and intelligent employer says and is going to let the federal government pick up the tab. this is not what we were promised. >> that's right. now what we were promised that all, and will we are told that even a modest plan under obamacare is likely to cost an american family $20,000 a year, that is a lot of people are going to do, not just employers, but individuals. this is a joy to result in more people going on to some form of government support and is going to result, perhaps, and a lot of people going without health insurance. it c
that could happen sooner to depending on what happens to interest rates in the deficits. we are getting to that point. the difference in terms of real pain now in interest among we will be paying and is more than our entire defense budget which is a pretty big deal. gerri: here is another number that blew me away. 7 million people, 7 million people will lose their employer sponsored health care. you see how this happens because ultimately that penalty that you paid as an employer is less than...
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deficit reduction is not a priority. martha: the president believes the economy is getting back on track. so let the folks decide. stuart, thank you very much. gregg: according to the cbo. by the end of the year the federal debt held by the american people will be 76% of the gdp and it doesn't get much better from there. martha: the cbo also predicting unemployment will be with us for some time to come. here is the director of the cbo. >> under current law we expect the unemployment rate will remain above 7.5%. that would make 2014 the 6th year in a row with unemployment so high. the longest such period in 70 years. martha: the unemployment rate has been above 7% since december of 2008. and most recent monthly number ticked up from 7.9% from 7.8%. not a good trend. when you look at some of these numbers it makes it a tough argument for economic recovery. but the president remains convinced we are starting to see it. gregg: poverty is up. incomes are down. so the arrow is going the wrong way. in the meantime president oba
deficit reduction is not a priority. martha: the president believes the economy is getting back on track. so let the folks decide. stuart, thank you very much. gregg: according to the cbo. by the end of the year the federal debt held by the american people will be 76% of the gdp and it doesn't get much better from there. martha: the cbo also predicting unemployment will be with us for some time to come. here is the director of the cbo. >> under current law we expect the unemployment rate...
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would that help solve the $16 billion deficit that the usps has? >> there have been other agreements with the other unions who have done the same thing. step to the plate. look at a lower pay for those employees, incoming employees. the unions have done that. >> okay. >> the unions have worked with the postal service to do that. we need to look a the at increasing business, not cutting and slashing but increasing business and have six-day delivery. >> okay. >> and increase our service to the american public. >> ma'am, i'm going to let you go he, but the quinnipiac coal had americans voting four to one in favor of eliminating the first class mail service. we're going to have to leave it there. >> thank you very much. >>> thank you. >>> unions want him out of the job. what's the post master general have to say about that? patrick donohoe will be a special guest at 8 p.m. on fbn. don't miss that. >>> can states force law abiding gun owners to pay for future victims of crime? they're about to try. straight from the congressional budget office, he signe
would that help solve the $16 billion deficit that the usps has? >> there have been other agreements with the other unions who have done the same thing. step to the plate. look at a lower pay for those employees, incoming employees. the unions have done that. >> okay. >> the unions have worked with the postal service to do that. we need to look a the at increasing business, not cutting and slashing but increasing business and have six-day delivery. >> okay. >> and...
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the deficit goes back up even though we saw it go slightly down. they're calling this the sandwich generation, the people in the middle getting squeezed by taking care of their older parents that can't retire early and taking care of kids. youth unemployment at 11.5. >> more of the middle class becoming the working poor at this point. and the problem is, you can't ask the guy a question. he makes an announcement. you can't ask him a question to get meaningful discussion to hear the other side. when you have the chance, and he was able to have control to put something through, what did he do? we're still hearing blame it on bush. that's old. >> also tax hikes. we'll have the highest spending and highest government spending and highest tax rates. i'm not sure who is can connecte dots to create jobs. >> can i say something? the new normal is the old miserable. the carter era with bandwidth. does he care about the fracturing. the harder american life gets the more he can change it. when we take the bus instead of drive that's progress. he sees shrinkag
the deficit goes back up even though we saw it go slightly down. they're calling this the sandwich generation, the people in the middle getting squeezed by taking care of their older parents that can't retire early and taking care of kids. youth unemployment at 11.5. >> more of the middle class becoming the working poor at this point. and the problem is, you can't ask the guy a question. he makes an announcement. you can't ask him a question to get meaningful discussion to hear the other...
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is increasingly frustrated by the i insistence that the solution to deficit spending is more taxation. >>> president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. he genuinely believes the government spending causes economic growth. if that were true, the economy today would be thriving. it isn't thriving. >> washington has to deal with its spending problem. i watched them kick the can down 22 years down the road. its time to act. >> had he tahoe roundly dismiss the suggestion to postpone tens of billions of dollars of automatic spending cuts in defense and other departments on march 1st. defense secretary renewed pretty dire warnings today. listen.... >> my greatest concern today is that we are putting our national security at risk by lurching from budget crisis to budget crisis to budget crisis. >> only a couple hours after the speech. senate republicans unveiled their al downsize the government's civilian work force and freeze pay for members of congress. >> this is way of doing it without cutting defenses, without cutting desk and without raising taxes. >> reporter: republicans plan
is increasingly frustrated by the i insistence that the solution to deficit spending is more taxation. >>> president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. he genuinely believes the government spending causes economic growth. if that were true, the economy today would be thriving. it isn't thriving. >> washington has to deal with its spending problem. i watched them kick the can down 22 years down the road. its time to act. >> had he tahoe roundly dismiss the...
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we talk about debt and deficit a lot. according to the cbo report our debt is growing, the deficit has come down. what can you tell us about the discrepancy there? >> right. well the federal budget deficit is about half of what it was in 2009, this is the yearly federal expenditures, right stp-t budget battle in washington continues to be a philosophical debate on spending cuts versus taxes, and what the right battle should be to fix our fiscal mess. do we swallow the bitter pill now for cuts and higher taxes to purchase growth in the future or do we reign in taxes. they need to know what to do about 85 billion in spinning cuts. republicans, no surprise said spending cuts only, that's been the mantra. jenna: that's where they are. and we'll see where potentially we meet in the middle. eventually we'll have to do something. big numbers out there. lori, thank you. jon: speaking of spending cuts, big changes could be coming to your mailbox. the u.s. postal service set to scrap saturday mail delivery. but does that cash-strap
we talk about debt and deficit a lot. according to the cbo report our debt is growing, the deficit has come down. what can you tell us about the discrepancy there? >> right. well the federal budget deficit is about half of what it was in 2009, this is the yearly federal expenditures, right stp-t budget battle in washington continues to be a philosophical debate on spending cuts versus taxes, and what the right battle should be to fix our fiscal mess. do we swallow the bitter pill now for...
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they have $3 billion in tax increases against a $845 billion deficit. the point that you make is a good one. the president and he drove this thing in august of 2012. h20122011. he wanted the sequester. read woodward's book in page 226 or some where in this and the deep cuts in defense thinking at the time that would put enough pressure on republicans to get them to agree to higher tax. here we are he wants this thing delayed yet again but to be fair there has been a solution put forward. the house of representatives has not once but twice passed legislation that would replace the sequester and the deep defense cuts which do cause damage to our national security and our readiness with other cuts also in the budget. and that is something that has been rejected by the democrats here on capitol hill and by the president. >> greta: what i don't get is the gal to come out and ask for mother delay. i can't delay showing up for my job and neither canmy american. we can't keep asking for the delays and he says the economy is headed in the right direction. maybe
they have $3 billion in tax increases against a $845 billion deficit. the point that you make is a good one. the president and he drove this thing in august of 2012. h20122011. he wanted the sequester. read woodward's book in page 226 or some where in this and the deep cuts in defense thinking at the time that would put enough pressure on republicans to get them to agree to higher tax. here we are he wants this thing delayed yet again but to be fair there has been a solution put forward. the...
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democrats and republicans have still been able to come together and cut the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion through a mix of spending cuts and higher rates on taxes for the wealthy. >> gretchen: so does that mean more taxes, too? new hampshire senator kelly ayotte joins us now with her thoughts. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so what did you make of the president when he made that comment? >> what i made of it is this, that no question that we need to cut spending, get our fiscal house in order with $16 trillion in debt, but his first answer to everything is, new taxes. when you think about it, what happened in january, he got $600 billion in new revenue. where were the spending cuts? now again he wants to raise taxes. i think it's time for us to cut spending. >> steve: what are the odds he was talking yesterday about how bad the sequester is. the sequester was the idea, it was the invention of the white house! >> well, it was. if you read bob woodward's book, he said it was their idea and by the way, today i'm going to be working with another group of
democrats and republicans have still been able to come together and cut the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion through a mix of spending cuts and higher rates on taxes for the wealthy. >> gretchen: so does that mean more taxes, too? new hampshire senator kelly ayotte joins us now with her thoughts. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so what did you make of the president when he made that comment? >> what i made of it is this, that no question...